shila

Chickasaw

Etymology

Cognate with Choctaw dry

Adjective

shila

1. dry

Verb

shila (stative, intransitive)

1. to dry
2. to become dry

Inflection

Class II Verb Subjects (Stative)

Verbs beginning with a consonant.	Singular	Plural	Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person (I, we)	sashila sa-shila	poshila po-shila	haposhila hapo-shila
2nd-person (you, you all)	chishila chi-shila	hachishila hachi-shila
3rd-person (he, she, it, they)	shila	(hoo)shila (hoo-)shila

Related terms

• shilili

Choctaw

Etymology

Cognate with Chickasaw shila (“dry”)

Adjective

shila

1. dry
2. arid
3. hoarse
4. mealy
5. dried, cured, evaporated, withered

Verb

shila

1. to dry
2. to become dry
3. to cure (meat)
4. to season (of wood)
5. to bake (of earth)
6. to evaporate
7. to wither

Alternative forms

• šila

Romani

Noun

shila

1. nominative plural of shil